Magazine tack-hamiv



Patented May 30, I899.

I h H UYHHHQHVH I WIITNESSES .& I K $21M I m Attorney!- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH P. VAN DERVEER, OF CLANTON, ALABAMA.

MAGAZINE TACK-HAMMEl l.

SPECIFICdTION forming part of Letters Patent No. 626,012, dated May 30, 1899.

Application filed Iohrnury 2, 1899.

To all w/wm is may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH P. VAN DER- VEER, a citizen of the U nitcd States, residing vide for feeding them one at a time into such position with relation to the head of the ham- 1 mer as to be readily set or struck into an object with force to hold the tack in place for driving, the operation of feeding the tacks and setting them being accomplished with one hand, leaving the other free to hold the work it is desired to tack in place. To this end the handle and one end of the head are constructed to carry the tacks and contain mechanism for feeding said tacks successively out of the head and into proper position for setting them into the object, while the other end of the head is shaped for driving the tacks after they have been set. In order to facilitate the operation of feeding the tacks into proper position, they areloosely connected and arranged in a row upon a carrying-belt composed of strips of paper, through one of which the tacks are threaded, while the other forms a backing, the strip through which the tacks are threaded being sufficiently thin to permit the tacks to be torn out or released after being set. A magazine tack-hammer which is capable of being operated entirely with one hand is pggtjg rlarly serviceable in laying carpets,

tacking laths in place,"and for other work where it is required thatone hand of the op orator be free to hold the work, being also of service to an operator having only one hand.

' My invention therefore contemplates the production of a hammer that will fulfil this requirement in the simplest, and most-ef-' and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is

Serial No. 704,289. (No model.)

more particularly set forth in the appended claims.

In the drawings forming apart hereof, Figure 1 is a side view of a magazine tack-hammer constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view. Fig. 3 is atransverse section al view, enlarged, through the handle of the hammer, the carrying-beltbeingomitted. Fig.4isasectional view, enlarged, through the head of thehammer, the carrying-belt being omitted. Fig. 5 is a'vertical sectional view,enlarged',through the upper end of the hammer, the carryingbelt and feeding mechanism being omitted. Fig. 6 isa detail view of the carryingbelt for the tacks.

Vlith reference to said drawings-A designates the handle of the hammer, and 13 the head, and in carrying out my invention the said handle and one end of the said head are below said circular opening are slits h, per-- mittingthe passage of the stemof'the tacks. O designates a guideway or trough for the tack-strip, the said gnideway having a long straight portion which extends through the length of the handle of the hammer and a curved portion which lies in the head, the end of the curved portion terminating in front of a thick wall b. The guideway is formed integrallywith the hammer and (presents inw'ardly-projecting flanges c and a rear wall 0, the flanges overlapping the heads of the tacks, while permitting the stems to project through the space between the same. In the curved portion of the guideway are slots c for the passage of the feed-wheels, hereinafter described, while the flanges c terminate or merge into the thick part of the head which forms the butt-end thereof, the said butt-end having the circular opening I), hereinbefore referred to, which provides for the passage of the tack from ,the "guide wa hesive.

Journaled in the side walls of the hollow portion of the head of the hammer is a shaft 1'), one end of which projects beyond one of said side walls and is provided with a milled wheel l and upon this shaft is mounted a wide ratchet-wheel F,- having star-wheels G, formed on or attached to the opposite ends thereof. These parts are so located within the head of the hammer i it the teeth ot the SiIllJ-WllCClS pass through the slots n in the guideway or trough C, while theforward part of the intermediate ratchet-wheel l" is on a line with the space between the rear wall 1'. of the guideway and rear side of the handle of the hammer, for the purpose hereinafter explained.

The earrying-bel t or tack-stri p adapted to he used in connection with my improved magazine-hannneris made up of two strips of paper or other suitable material, one strip 71- being comparatii'ely thick to form a backing, while the other strip h is thin. In attaching the tacks they-arc threaded or stuck through the thin strip in a row throughout the length of said strip, after which the thicker strip or backing is applied by mucilagc or other adingbclt for the tacks and arranges them in a convenient manner for use in connection with the hammer.

4 In placing the tack-strip in the hammer or loading the device ready [or use the said strip is passed into the hollow end of the head and into the gnideway or trough C, and by turning the star-wheels through the. medium ,of

the milled wheel the said tack-strip will' be pushed on into the handle until thelast tack is in place ready to he set,with its head bearing against the thick wall D and its point projectingthrough the opening I). The hammer can then be manipulated to forcethe point of this tack into an object, and by withdrawing the hammer the head of said tack will be torn through the thin strip of the tack strip, and thereby released from the hammer and in position to be driven into the object. Then by turning the milled wheel F backward'oi' in the opposite direction from that in pushing the tack-strip into the hammer the said tack-strip will be fed to bring the second tack in position to be set and this up oration repeated until all the tacks are used.

The end of the tack-strip as it is fed out- "of the head of the hammer can be turned should it become in ihcway ol'thc operation of driving or setting the tacks.

From the foregoing description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be seen that the operation of loading my improved magazine im'rh'duunmer and bringing the tacks successively in position to be set is accomplishcdin a simple and elifeetivo man ner, and though it is apparent that the feeding of the carrying-belt or tack-strip to bring the tacks in proper position at the rear end of the head can be effected by a manipulation of the milled wheel 1 have provided a- This forms the tack-strip or carrydev ice for readily and conveniently operating the stanwheels by the same hand that holds the hammer. To this end a slide or operating-rod I is located in the handle of the ham mer, occupying the space between the guideway or trough G and rear side of the hammer, the upper end of said rod being adapted to engage the teeth of the ratchet-wheel to turn the same and effect a turning of the starwhce-ls, which are formed on said ratchetwhccl, as hereinbefore described. This opcrating rod or slide is provided with a knob I, which projects through a slot in the handie, the said slot limiting the throw of the red. It will be noted that this red greatly facilitates the operation of feeding the tacks and makes it possible for the operator to matirely free to handle the work which it is desired to tack in place.

A magazine tack-hammer constructed in; accordance with my inventioh can be manufactored and'sold at a reasonable price, and as it carries a large number of tacks and makes provision for quickly driving them a considerable saving of both time and labor is acquired, in addition to the important feature of leaving one hand of the operator free. It will be noted that in feeding the tacks the strip or carrying-Delhi's fed out off the hammer, so that in loading the device it is only required to pass a new strip in, and by rapidly turning the milled wheel it will be quickly forced into the handle.

It will be understood that the capacity of the hammer or number of tacks to be carried thereby will depend upon the length of the handle and size of tack. It has been demonstated that at least sixty tacks can be loaded in a hammer having a handle of the ordinary length, and the tacks being purchased in strips can be quickly loaded. 4

wheel.

Having thus described my inventiomwhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is'

1. In a magazine tack-hammeigthacomhination with the hollow handle and head having a trough or guideway extending therethrough and opening out at the rear end. 01 the head, the trough beingprov'ided with slots, of a s iaft journaled in the head of the hammer, a milled wheel on. anextended end 01 the shaft, star-wheels monntedon the 'shafi and extending into the trough through the slots; together with a carrying-belt for the tacks located in the trough and engaged by the star-wheels, substantially as; shown and for-the purpose set forth. v

i 2. In a. magazine tack-hammer, the combi nation with the hollow handle andhead hat" eee,o12 v a ing a trough olghideway extending therethrough and opening out at the rear end of the head,the trough being provided with slots; of ashaft journaled in the head of the hammer, star-wheels mounted on the shaft and extending into the trough through the slots, at ratehet'wheel also mounted on the shaft, and an operating-rod having a pawl engaging the ratchct-wheel, said rod also having a knob projecting through a. slot in the handle; together with a carrying-belt for the tacks loeated in the trough and engaged by the starwheels, substantially as shown and for the purpose set forth;

In. a magazine tack-hammer, the coinbination with the hollow handle and head having a trough or guideway extending therethrough and opening out at the rear end of r the head ,the trough being provided Wi th slots;

mer, a. milled wheel on an extended end of the shaft, star-wheels mounted on the shaft and extending into the trough through the slots, at ratchet-wheel also mounted on the shaft; and an operating-rod slidable in the handle and having a pawl I engaging the ratchet-wheel, the rod being provided with a cated in the trough and engaged by the starwheels, substantially as purpose set forth. i

In testimony whereof I aflixmy signature in the presence of two witnesses; A JOSEPH P. VAN DERVEER. Witnesses GUY HIGGINS, W. H. SARTOR.

of a. shaft journaled in the head of the harm 20 

